Great Notion Extends its Partnership with Day One Distribution Into Portland

Portland, OR (November, 12th 2024): Specialty craft beer distributor Day One Distribution officially announces the expansion of their existing partnership with Portland, Oregon based Great Notion Brewing. This new chapter for both will enable Day One the wholesale distribution of Great Notion’s beer throughout the City of Portland, taking on their former self-distribution footprint, further adding to Day One’s retail network of over 800 retail locations across Oregon.

“We are very excited to continue our partnership with Day One,” says Paul Reiter, Great Notion Brewing CEO. “Growing our companies together into premium chains and focusing on getting both the Ripe and Northleft IPA brands into more places where Portlanders eat and drink these days is the goal. We couldn’t be more pleased to call Day One our Portland beer distributor!”

On a weekly basis, Day One purchases a wide variety of different beer styles from Great Notion’s NW Production Brewery including everything from their award-winning Hazy IPAs to their coveted Fruited Sours. Until this week, Day One was only selling Great Notion’s beer to specialty chain stores within the city limits of Portland. This addition of bottleshops, taprooms, restaurants, and many other venues will enable even further sales growth for both.

“We couldn’t be more excited to continue building our relationship with Great Notion, one of the West Coast’s most exciting breweries” says Day One founder, and co-owner, Robby Roda. “Taking on this territory for the brewery allows us the ability to bring their brand into locations they’ve yet to work with and expand upon our growing customer base in Portland.”

Beyond Day One handling their distribution in greater Oregon and now Portland, Great Notion also works with Fort George Distribution in Tillamook and Clatsop counties on the Oregon Coast. They also operate seven taprooms in Oregon, Washington, and California, plus they provide direct shipping to legal beer drinkers in 12 states.

About Great Notion Brewing:

Great Notion (GN) is a brewery started by three friends in Portland, OR that is best known for hazy, fruit-forward IPAs and “culinary-inspired” sours sold through its taprooms, e-commerce and premium distributors. GN has won many Gold & Silver medals, including accolades at World Beer Cup, GABF, Best of Craft Beer Awards, and Oregon Beer Awards, as well as the #1 IPA in America from Paste Magazine. GN ships direct to homes in 12 states and has multiple locations in Portland, Seattle and the Bay Area. Please visit @greatnotion to learn more. 

About Day One Distribution:

Day One Distribution was launched in the summer of 2016 by craft beer veteran, Robby Roda. The initial focus was to supply in-demand small specialty craft beer from Southern California into the booming craft beer industry of Portland, Oregon.Today, Day One regularly distributes 20 local breweries and brings in over 80 different breweries from around the country each year for limited specialty releases, tap takeover events, and for distribution throughout the state of Oregon.